The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (AFRD) has successfully defended its recommendation for continued accredited status by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. (CPSE).
08/21/2019 11:07 AM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement upon the passage of legislation to codify into City Code an executive order repealing the Department of City Planning’s authorization to issue new permits for sharable dockless mobility devices.
08/19/2019 5:11 PM
Legislation will be introduced to enter into an intergovernmental (IGA) agreement with the City of Smyrna and Cobb County to conduct air testing.
08/19/2019 10:22 AM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has directed the Department of City Planning, under the direction of Commissioner Tim Keane, to implement a daily citywide No Ride Zone from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. for electric scooters and E-Bikes.
08/08/2019 10:12 AM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined 214 bipartisan mayors from across the nation signing on to a letter from The United States Conference of Mayors urging immediate action from the federal government on gun safety legislation.
08/08/2019 9:10 AM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms introduced legislation to codify into City Code an executive order repealing the Department of City Planning’s authorization to issue new permits for sharable dockless mobility devices.
08/05/2019 8:39 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Atlanta will become the second city to participate in The Rockefeller Foundation’s Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative.
07/31/2019 11:57 AM
07/26/2019 2:38 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the appointment of Dr. Angelica Geter Fugerson to serve as the first ever Chief Health Officer for the City of Atlanta.
07/25/2019 12:39 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order prohibiting the issuance of additional permits for shareable dockless mobility devices
07/25/2019 10:44 AM
The Georgia Jail Association (GJA) named City of Atlanta Department of Corrections (DOC) Chief Patrick Labat the 2019 Detention Administrator of the Year.
07/19/2019 12:46 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced plans for the City’s management of federal grants to be centralized under one office, reporting to the City’s Chief Operating Officer
07/18/2019 5:51 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms delivered testimony before the United States Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis at a hearing titled “A Blueprint for Success: U.S. Climate Action at the Local Level.”
07/17/2019 3:01 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced two high-level appointments for the City of Atlanta. Cardellia Hunter and Phillana Williams have been named Interim Co-Directors for the Mayor’s Office of Film and Entertainment.
07/11/2019 4:54 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced effective July 1, 2019, Phase II of compensation adjustments for the Atlanta Police Department (APD) has been implemented.
07/09/2019 12:23 PM
07/08/2019 11:29 AM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces the members of the Reimagining Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) Task Force. The Task Force is charged with evaluating a use for the Detention Center that could benefit the entire community.
07/02/2019 5:36 PM
The City of Atlanta Department of Public Works announces that in observance of Independence Day, there will be no residential garbage, yard waste, recyclables or bulk items collected on Thursday, July 4, 2019.
07/02/2019 2:21 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms introduced legislation to amend the 1982 Atlanta Zoning Ordinance to regulate so-called “party houses,” which are used for large-scale commercial events that often pose public safety and quality-of-life challenges to Atlanta’s residential communities
07/01/2019 8:14 PM
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms introduced legislation that requests Atlanta’s economic development arm—Invest Atlanta—establish a new Community Loan Fund designed to encourage micro and small business development within the City of Atlanta.
07/01/2019 8:09 PM
